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βωμός

bomos

raised platform, stand

Appears 16 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

βωμός, ὁ, (βαίνω) A. raised platform, stand, for chariots, Il. 8.441; base of a statue, Od. 7.100: but, 2. mostly, altar with a base, ἱερὸς β. Il. 2.305, etc.; πρὸς βωμῷ σφαγείς A. Eu. 305; βωμὸς ἀρῆς φυγάσιν ῥῦμα Id. Supp. 84 (lyr.); βωμῶν ἀπείργειν τινά Id. Ch. 293; ἀγυιεὺς β. S. Fr. 370; of suppliants, ποτὶ βωμὸν ἵζεσθαι Od. 22.334; βωμοῖσι προσῆσθαι, προσπεσόντα βωμῷ καθῆσθαι, S. OT 16, OC 1158; βωμὸν ἵζειν E. Ion 1314: also in Prose, β. ἱδρύσασθαι Hdt. 3.142, cf. Pl. Prt. 322a; ἱζόμενοι ἐπὶ τὸν β. Hdt. 6.108; ἐπὶ βωμῶν καθέζεσθαι Lys. 2.11. 3. later, tomb, cairn, Epigr.Gr. 319. 4. title of poems by Dosiades and Besantinus, AP 15.26and25, cf. Luc. Lex. 25. 5. altar-shaped cake, IG 2.1651B,C, Poll. 6.76. 6. Ζεὺς Βωμός, prob. a Syrian god, Hermes 37.118 (Syria). 7. central fire in the system of Philolaus, acc. to Placit. 2.7.7. 8. in pl., = ἔμβολοι, Hsch.
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